Publications
Guidelines for Government Securities Book
28/03/2017
In most countries, the development of a government securities market has been crucial in aiding the creation of a liquid and efficient domestic debt market that facilitates parastatal, corporate and other issuance. It also signals that a country is maturing financially and is less dependent on donor funding.
Categories: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia
African Yield Curves Guidebook
22/02/2017
The AFMI believes it is appropriate to produce an African Yield Curves Guidebook that will provide basic details on countries’ attempts to gradually produce and publish their own yield curve, while at the same time highlighting the challenges they face in this endeavour.
Categories: Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, eSwatini, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
CEEMEA Debt Capital Markets Update
07/11/2016
The CEEMEA primary markets saw a rather quiet week after very high primary issuance volumes over the past month. The weaker market backdrop followed greater noise around the ever closer US presidential elections. Moreover, caution gripped the markets ahead of the NFP announcement, which eventually came at 161,000 or 12,000 below consensus estimate
Categories: Egypt, Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
The African Debt Market
23/09/2016
Subsequent to the 2008 financial crisis, African governments have found it more difficult to obtain bank funding. As a result, bonds, both domestic and sovereign, are becoming increasingly interesting to African governments as an alternative method of raising capital to fund their domestic development requirements, particularly, in the area of capital intensive infrastructure projects.
Categories: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia
Lions on the move II: Realizing the potential of Africa's economies
16/09/2016
In the 25 years since its founding, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has sought to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy.
Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia
Sovereign Rating Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Live Webcast and Q&A
07/09/2016
S&P Global Ratings currently rates 19 sovereigns in Africa and 17 in the Sub-Saharan region...
Categories: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia
African Financial Markets Initiative 2015 Yearly Report
07/09/2016
The year 2015 was a challenging year for Africa’s sovereign African debt markets in the wake of market volatility and the emergence of renewed global economic uncertainty in the latter part of the year.
Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Harmonised Consumer Price Index (HCPI) June 2016
10/08/2016
The year on year, inflation rate (annual percentage change) in the COMESA region as measured by the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (HCPI-COMESA) stood at 12.5% for the month of June 2016, up from 11.6% registered in May 2016. A year earlier, the rate was 9.5%.
Categories: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zambia
